Posts in Research Psychology

Not that long ago, academicians were often cautious about airing the ethical dilemmas they faced in their research and academic work, but that environment is changing today. Psychologists in academe are more likely to seek out the advice of their colleagues on issues ranging from supervising graduate students to how to handle sensitive research data, says George Mason University psychologist June Tangney, PhD. There has been a real change in the…

At times, with all of its ups and downs, life can feel little like a roller coaster. People in general are emotional creatures. Feeling happy, enamored, sad, angry, and scared is normal, and these emotions are part of what makes us human. At times, however, these emotions - particularly the negative ones - can be overwhelming and take on a life of their own. Counseling psychology is a type of applied psychology that can be used to help people gain…

At about the same time, a number of organizations in Europe and North America were created to help promote sports psychology. In Europe, the International Society of Sport Psychology and the European Federation of Sport Psychology were founded, and later became prominent organizations for the promotion of sports psychology. In North America, the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) and the Canadian Society…

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The US Census Bureau recently released a study correlating college majors with salaries, and the news was not good for Psychology majors. Psychology (counseling psychology in particular at an average annual salary of $29, ) were among the majors with the lowest salaries (high earning salaries: petroleum engineering at $120, ; business majors at $75, ). But there are other reasons for sticking with that psychology major. 1. Psychology is a good, general…